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Neighbors

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  • Robin Hartill
  • January 6, 2010
Arts Center programs promise to make waves

The Longboat Key Center of the Arts will kick off its winter season with a 'Making Waves' exhibit by artist Malcolm Robertson that runs from Jan. 15 through Feb. 11.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 6, 2010
Education Center prepares for a sumptuous season

The Longboat Key Education Center began its winter semester Jan. 4. But new classes will also be offered later this month and in February and March.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Stuart and Lois Scheyer
  • January 6, 2010
Travel outlook

Make 2010 your year to be an 'Energetic Traveler.'

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By Michael Eng and Pam Eubanks
  • January 6, 2010
Despite economy, church growth continues out east

Living Lord Lutheran Church completed recently its 3,500-square-foot expansion, while RiverLife Church is in the middle of the largest change in its 90-plus-year history.

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  • Robin Hartill
  • January 6, 2010
Business Observer

Linda Loscalzo, who owned the former Isabelle's Eatery until 2004, is now managing restaurant operations at Whitney Beach Deli & Wines, 6810 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
  • By George Rauch
  • January 6, 2010
Market watch: What will the next year hold?

Dec. 31, 2009, represented the closing of the worst decade in U.S. stock market history. Although it is not possible to guess what the next decade will render, it is possible to look ahead at a few of the challenges facing our economy in 2010.

  • Longboat Key
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  • By Donna Swan
  • January 6, 2010
Deal Us In

Be prepared

  • Longboat Key
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  • January 6, 2010
Bright beginning

Graeme Daley submitted this sunset photo, taken the first day of 2010 at The Sanctuary. Please send your sunset (or sunrise) photos to The Longboat Observer, 5570 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, Fla., 34228, or e-mail them to [email protected].

  • Longboat Key
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  • Observer Staff
  • January 6, 2010
Birth Announcements 01.07.10

Congratulations to the East County parents who celebrated recent births. The East County Observer will publish birth announcements each month.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 4, 2010
Obituary: Mary Margaret Bibler

Mary Margaret Bibler, 87, was a former winter resident of Longboat Key.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 4, 2010
Obituary: Edith Anne Welch

Edith Anne Welch, 73, was a residential real-estate broker.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Robin Hartill
  • January 4, 2010
Obituary: Paul Mortell

Paul Mortell, 78, sat on the board of directors at the Longboat Key Center for the Arts, a division of Ringling College of Art and Design.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • January 3, 2010
Driven to Donate

Pillow drive provides comfort to homeless.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • December 30, 2009
'Tis the season of sharing in Sarasota

This year, the board of directors of the Community Foundation jump-started Season of Sharing with a $200,000 grant, as part of its 30th anniversary BOOST economic stimulus initiative.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Loren Mayo
  • December 30, 2009
Girls Inc. singers go on caroling tour

A group of girls from Girls Inc. brought holiday cheer to their supporters Dec. 21 through Dec. 23 by serenading several office staffs with 'Jingle Bells,' 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas' and 'The 12 Days of Christmas.'

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